Based on its bright, attractive cover of the lakeshore skyline, Walking Chicago’s Coast looks like one of those ain’t-Chicago-great booster books written to promote the city as a world-class metropolis […]
German conductor André de Ridder led the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to accompany Stanley Kubrick’s 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey on January 9 and 10. The film was projected on […]
Making its fourth appearance at the Northwestern Winter Chamber Music Festival, Dudok Quartet Amsterdam gave an enjoyable performance of two string quartets of high repute: Dmitri Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. […]
Jim Jarmusch is more than a filmmaker. Jim Jarmusch is a vibe. His films, from Broken Flowers to Paterson to Only Lovers Left Alive and now Mother Father Sister Brother, […]
Ralph Fiennes is an actor who, when mentioned in a film’s top billing, all but assures I will see said film. His credits and accolades date back so far and […]
Based on a true story (and a 2017 L.A. Times column about it), director Eric Lin’s debut feature (after years of being a cinematographer), Rosemead focuses on terminally ill widow […]
Based on the popular novel by Emily Henry and directed by Brett Haley (Hearts Beat Loud, All the Bright Places), People We Meet on Vacation may seem like a cookie-cutter […]
The 8th Chicago International Puppet Theater Festival opens January 21 and runs through February 1. Those 12 days of puppetry will brighten our winter and remind us of the amazing joy […]
There have been a fair number of documentaries over the years about Romanian-born storyteller, professor, activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel, who died in 2016, but director Oren […]
Although director Gus Van Sant hasn’t made a feature film since 2018’s strange but endearing Don’t Worry, He Won’t Get Far on Foot (he also directed six of the eight […]
WE’RE BACK! After a quick hibernation for all the year-end holidays the Curated Weekend returns for another year of fantastic event roundups! There are plenty of winter festivities still going […]
When Chicago gets cold outside, head inside to these two northside eateries offering warm interiors for both body and belly, featuring Midwestern regional fare and curated cocktails. Ox Bar & […]
